1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An ice jam formed along the Platte river from just downstream of the highway 77 railroad bridge to Woodcliff to Leshara. In addition, ice bridging was evident near the confluence of the Platte and Elkhorn rivers near Vencils Island.
Read the full account →Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly…
Read the full account →A second round of storms formed in the warm and humid air located south of the warm front Wednesday during the evening hours. Training of thunderstorms moving northeast through portions of Lincoln and Custer counties led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →A surface low pressure developed over eastern Colorado and western Kansas by the early afternoon. The resulting moisture flow up the terrain, combined with surface heating, caused thunderstorms to form over the mountains during the early afternoon.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across eastern Nebraska which had observed unseasonably warm temperatures in the past couple of days. The front set off a line of storms that produced strong wind gusts and large hail.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across eastern Nebraska which had observed unseasonably warm temperatures in the past couple of days. The front set off a line of storms that produced strong wind gusts and large hail.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across eastern Nebraska which had observed unseasonably warm temperatures in the past couple of days. The front set off a line of storms that produced strong wind gusts and large hail.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across eastern Nebraska which had observed unseasonably warm temperatures in the past couple of days. The front set off a line of storms that produced strong wind gusts and large hail.
Read the full account →A cold front moved across eastern Nebraska which had observed unseasonably warm temperatures in the past couple of days. The front set off a line of storms that produced strong wind gusts and large hail.
Read the full account →Supercell thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary front across southwest Nebraska during the afternoon hours of June 4th and continued through the afternoon of June 5th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms brought heavy rains to parts of south-central Nebraska. These rains caused some flash flooding in eastern Furnas and southern Adams counties. In Furnas county, highways 136 and 6 were covered with water around midnight.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over eastern Nebraska during the evening of 5/19 ahead of a large upper level low pressure system over the Rocky Mountains and north of a warm front in Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over eastern Nebraska during the evening of 5/19 ahead of a large upper level low pressure system over the Rocky Mountains and north of a warm front in Kansas.
Read the full account →Widespread severe thunderstorms ripped across most of south-central Nebraska. Tornadoes were reported southwest of Sumner and east of Hebron. High winds and hail were common place. 60 to 80 mph winds rolled across a large part of the area.
Read the full account →Widespread severe thunderstorms ripped across most of south-central Nebraska. Tornadoes were reported southwest of Sumner and east of Hebron. High winds and hail were common place. 60 to 80 mph winds rolled across a large part of the area.
Read the full account →As one unseasonably strong upper level system lifted into Canada another one dropped down behind it across the northern Plains. This caused surface low pressure to develop over northeast Kansas along a cold front that was crossing the plains.
Read the full account →An upper level trough continued to dig over the western United States, accompanied by a weak disturbance and jet streak nosing into the Central Plains.
Read the full account →An upper level trough continued to dig over the western United States, accompanied by a weak disturbance and jet streak nosing into the Central Plains.
Read the full account →Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly…
Read the full account →Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in a southwest to northeast line along a cold front that pushed across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the late afternoon and evening of July 14th.
Read the full account →Warming temperatures during the first two weeks of March prompted both snow melt and ice break up across many rivers and streams in eastern Nebraska.
Read the full account →Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly…
Read the full account →Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly…
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